Cellular Automata and Arbiter PUF-Based Security Architecture for System-on-Chip Designs

摘要

The need for security against adversary access to the functionality of the chip has become a prerequisite for almost every product-based company with increasing reports of invasive, semi-invasive, and noninvasive attacks globally. This paper proposes a novel digital design that provides authentication-based access to the functionality of the System on Chip (SoC). Cellular Automata (Rule 45) and Arbiter PUF have been used as key components in order to attain the goal of providing security for system on chip. The design has been simulated with the help of Xilinx Vivado 2016.4v suite, and the detailed structure of the design with a focus on the key components has been illustrated in a lucid manner. Further, the advantages of the architecture detailed in this paper prove its sheer novelty and ability in resisting the adversary access to the functionality of SoC.